© 2015 The Texas Lawbook.
By Brooks Igo
(May 21) – UNT Dallas College of Law recently announced that Dean Royal Furgeson has selected four new faculty members for the law school’s second year.
Jonathan Bridges, Michael Maslanka, Brian Owsley and Reynaldo Valencia will join the faculty for the 2015-2016 school year.
“Those who come from academia have earned great respect for their teaching and professionalism, and they engaged in high-level law practice before entering teaching,” Furgeson said in a statement. “Those who come from the world of law practice are widely recognized as superior lawyers, and they also have extensive teaching experience either before law school or during their practice.”
Bridges, who was recently a partner at Susman Godfrey, joins the faculty as an assistant professor of law. He will teach Property, Evidence, Legal Writing and other subjects.
Maslanka, a prominent employment and human resources lawyer, also joins as an assistant professor of law. He will teach Contract Law, Employment Law and other course.
Owsley joins as an assistant professor of law and will teach Torts, Constitutional Law and other course. He has previously taught at the Texas Tech and Indiana Tech law schools.
Valencia joins from St. Mary’s University School of Law. He will teach Business Associations as a visiting professor of law, in addition to serving as the law school’s interim dean of operations.
The Dallas-based public law school begins its first summer term courses on June 1 in Family Law, Health Care Law, Advanced Legal Research and Principles of Accounting and Finance for Lawyers.
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